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November 2020
VIRTUAL EVENT/Free/Registration Required: Here It Began: 2020 Hindsight or Foresight– Session 5
Nine Virtual Sessions Oct. 3-Nov. 22, 2020 Here It Began: 2020 Hindsight or Foresight, a signature Plymouth 400 event, is an Indigenous History Conference to inspire educators to learn about creation histories and traditional life; colonization and its aftermath; and the continued resilience and life of New England Natives today. The virtual event, sponsored by Bridgewater State University, Plymouth 400, Inc., and the Wampanoag Advisory Council, is free of charge and offers nine weekend sessions during the months of…
VIRTUAL EVENT/Free/Registration Required: Here It Began: 2020 Hindsight or Foresight – Session 6
Nine Virtual Sessions Oct. 3-Nov. 22, 2020 Here It Began: 2020 Hindsight or Foresight, a signature Plymouth 400 event, is an Indigenous History Conference to inspire educators to learn about creation histories and traditional life; colonization and its aftermath; and the continued resilience and life of New England Natives today. The virtual event, sponsored by Bridgewater State University, Plymouth 400, Inc., and the Wampanoag Advisory Council, is free of charge and offers nine weekend sessions during the months of…
VIRTUAL EVENT/Free/Registration Required: Here It Began: 2020 Hindsight or Foresight – Session 7
Nine Virtual Sessions Oct. 3-Nov. 22, 2020 Here It Began: 2020 Hindsight or Foresight, a signature Plymouth 400 event, is an Indigenous History Conference to inspire educators to learn about creation histories and traditional life; colonization and its aftermath; and the continued resilience and life of New England Natives today. The virtual event, sponsored by Bridgewater State University, Plymouth 400, Inc., and the Wampanoag Advisory Council, is free of charge and offers nine weekend sessions during the months of…
VIRTUAL EVENT/Free/Registration Required: Here It Began: 2020 Hindsight or Foresight – Session 8
Nine Virtual Sessions Oct. 3-Nov. 22, 2020 Here It Began: 2020 Hindsight or Foresight, a signature Plymouth 400 event, is an Indigenous History Conference to inspire educators to learn about creation histories and traditional life; colonization and its aftermath; and the continued resilience and life of New England Natives today. The virtual event, sponsored by Bridgewater State University, Plymouth 400, Inc., and the Wampanoag Advisory Council, is free of charge and offers nine weekend sessions during the months of…
VIRTUAL EVENT/Free/Registration Required: Here It Began: 2020 Hindsight or Foresight – Session 9
Nine Virtual Sessions Oct. 3-Nov. 22, 2020 Here It Began: 2020 Hindsight or Foresight, a signature Plymouth 400 event, is an Indigenous History Conference to inspire educators to learn about creation histories and traditional life; colonization and its aftermath; and the continued resilience and life of New England Natives today. The virtual event, sponsored by Bridgewater State University, Plymouth 400, Inc., and the Wampanoag Advisory Council, is free of charge and offers nine weekend sessions during the months of…
ON TV: Illuminate Thanksgiving 2020
An annual tradition, Illuminate Thanksgiving 2020 will be held as a televised special on NBC 10 Boston (regular broadcast TV), Plymouth 400’s Lead Media Sponsor. The time of the broadcast is still to be determined, and we will include an update on this page. The first half of the hour-long broadcast will tell the story of Plymouth 400 and the legacies of the 400th anniversary through projects, collaborations, and events. The second half of the program will focus on the signature event,…
April 2021
Plymouth 400 Remembrance Ceremony
A Plymouth 400 Signature Event, the Remembrance Ceremony will be held with visiting dignitaries and local and State officials to remember the Pilgrims and Wampanoag people of 1620 and their contributions and sacrifices. The ceremony will take place at significant monuments in Plymouth. Details for this event are still being formed.
May 2021
Wampanoag Ancestors Walk
A Plymouth 400 Signature Event, the Wampanoag Ancestors Walk has been moved to May, 2021. The final date and details will be updated here. The Wampanoag Ancestors Walk will be led by the Wampanoag tribes of Massachusetts. Placards will be carried with the names of the original 69 villages of the Wampanoag Nation. Participants will pay homage to Massasoit and King Phillip and will stop at designated sites to bless the spots where Wampanoag ancestors walked. The walk will conclude…
June 2021
Official Maritime Salute to the 400th Anniversary
A Plymouth 400 Signature Event, the Official Maritime Salute pays tribute to the Pilgrims’ journey on board the Mayflower from Plymouth, England, to the site of Plymouth Colony in the new world. A regatta of wooden ships, yachts, workboats, official vessels, and pleasure craft will culminate in a traditional New England lobster dinner on the waterfront. Military fanfare and maritime programming will be part of the day’s festivities. Event details and times are still being finalized and will be updated…
November 2021
Pilgrim Mother Fountain Rededication Ceremony
A gift from the Daughters of the American Revolution for the 1921 Tercentenary Celebration. For the Daughters of the American Revolution, 1920 meant honoring this time of female triumph and Plymouth’s 300th Anniversary Celebration with a nod to the Mayflower women, whose numbers were decimated that first winter in Pawtuxet. National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution commissioned Carl Paul Jennewein to sculpt The Pilgrim Mother Fountain on Water Street to commemorate these women. In 2019, the VanBuren Administration…